Rise of Australia

Chapter 184 A war of concern to all parties

For a warship, there is nothing more clumsy than turning around.

Although a warship weighing thousands of tons or even tens of thousands of tons can sail on the ocean, its turning and U-turning are also very clumsy moments.

Especially in times of war, such a U-turn of an entire fleet is likely to turn the tide of battle.

After all, according to the layout of the warship, the place where the warship installs the naval guns is generally on both sides of the warship. The number of artillery at the two ends of the warship will not be too many, and the relative firepower will be weaker.

Therefore, when turning around, one must also be prepared for the comeback of the island nation's fleet. Once the warship meets the island nation's warship in the middle of the turn, even if the number is small, the chances of winning will be greatly reduced.

General Wittheft's approach was to turn the two battleships around first, and the six cruisers around them were responsible for escorting.

Wait until the two battleships have completely turned around, and then let them protect the remaining cruisers.

Another advantage of this is that in the face of extreme danger, you can choose to abandon these cruisers to preserve the battleships that play a decisive role in naval battles.

Battleships are currently the most powerful warships in the world's navy, and the loss of six cruisers is not as distressing as losing a single battleship.

Things really happened as General Wittheft had expected. When the fleet was halfway through its U-turn, the island fleets emerged one after another, and even faintly formed a semicircle, surrounding the vanguard of the Pacific Fleet.

"Oh, shit!" General Wittheft cursed secretly, while ordering his subordinates to urgently call the main force and General Makarov, while making the fleet put into battle form, preparing for the next battle.

There is no advantage in speed, which also means that it is very difficult for the fleet to escape.

Instead of this, it is better to wait until the main force of the Pacific Fleet arrives.If the main forces of the two fleets are engaged in a decisive battle, Wittheft is not very afraid.

He also knew General Makarov's plan during this period of time, which was why General Wittheft and General Makarov were both vice admirals, but they obeyed General Makarov's orders very much.

Just when General Wittheft was forced to fight back, the main force of the Pacific Fleet led by General Makarov was also blocked outside Lushun Port.

When General Makarov saw two battleships and more than a dozen cruisers appearing in front of him, General Makarov knew that General Wittheft was in a bad situation.

The configuration of two battleships and more than a dozen cruisers is already one-third of the island nation's fleet, especially in terms of cruisers, it has even reached half.

If it is a decisive battle, it is impossible for the island country to dispatch only such a small army to block the main force of the Pacific Fleet like a mantis arm.

Then they have only one purpose, and that is to use these troops to delay the main force of the Pacific Fleet as much as possible, and then attack the vanguard of the Pacific Fleet.

This really gave General Makarov a headache.Although the main force of the Pacific Fleet has four battleships, two of these four battleships are Petropavlovsk-class battleships with relatively poor performance.

Although the battleship Oslibia has relatively good speed and protection capabilities, it also lost its advantage in firepower.

The main artillery of the Oslibia is only four 254mm naval guns. The level of this artillery is only a little higher than that of a cruiser, and it seems a bit behind at the level of a battleship.

Only a battleship Victory with relatively good performance can barely be compared with the main battleships of Western powers.

On the other hand, the two battleships used by the island countries to block the resistance of the Pacific Fleet are all advanced warships purchased from the United Kingdom in recent years.

The level of these two battleships can be compared with the battleship Victory, and even slightly ahead of the battleship Oslibia.

It may take a lot of effort for the Pacific Fleet to break through the obstruction of more than a dozen cruisers led by these two battleships.

At least before going through a hard naval battle, it is impossible to repel this fleet for nothing.

Thinking of this, General Makarov skillfully commanded his men to put up a fighting posture, while secretly praying in his heart, hoping that General Wittheft could last a little longer, preferably until the main force of the Pacific Fleet arrived.

From Lushun Port to the Korean Peninsula, two naval battles broke out that could determine the balance of war between the Tsarist Russian Empire and the island nation.

These two naval battles also have certain similarities. The main forces of both sides have encountered the squadrons with certain strength of the other side, and the squadrons of both sides have to face the siege of the opposing main forces.

However, there is also good news for the Russian Empire.The island country dispatched almost all new cruisers to block the main force of the Pacific Fleet, which also caused General Wittheft to face only four battleships and six cruisers from the island country.

Among them, the four battleships are the most threatening to General Wittheft. The remaining six cruisers are all small or old cruisers, and the threat to the battleships is not that great.

In addition, it is precisely because General Makarov did not take back the Vladivostok Squadron, which forced the island country to send an additional battleship and several cruisers to drag the Vladivostok Squadron, denying them the opportunity to participate in this naval battle.

The naval battle took place after three o'clock in the afternoon and lasted until after six o'clock in the evening.

Not only the governor of the Far East and the island countries of the Tsarist Russian Empire paid attention to this naval battle, but also the German Empire, the British Empire, the United States and France who sent spectators.

Although this war seems to be just a war between the Tsarist Russian Empire and the island countries for the hegemony of the Far East, in fact, the countries it is related to include the British Empire, the United States and the German Empire.

Both the British Empire and the United States hope that the island country can defeat the Tsarist Russian Empire, and even if it cannot be defeated, it will seriously damage the Tsarist Russian Empire.

In this way, they can better intervene in the situation in the Far East and Asia to obtain more benefits for their respective countries.

The German Empire simply wanted to win over the Tsarist Russian Empire as an ally. At least in Europe, the Tsarist Russian Empire was still threatening to other great powers, so it was naturally an ally worth winning over.

Facing the threat of the German Empire, its love rival, France had no choice but to support the Tsarist Russian Empire to reassure its allies.

At around 4:13 p.m. on April [-], the gunfire outside Lushun Port finally stopped, and the two naval battles were finally divided.

　The second update, please take a leave of absence for [-] words today, and make up [-] words tomorrow

　　
　
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